Dave Nordstrand: Breathe only if you must

12:49 AM,
Nov. 1, 2013

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Can't recall where I saw it, but a reader mentioned the "gas house" or "gas chamber," the infamous fun place on Fort Ord where tens of thousands of recruits did their gas mask training.

Anybody who trained at Fort Ord has a host of recollections, many of them funny, some downright painful.

I mention the gas house because few Fort Ord memories during my months there in 1964 left a greater impression. It was brief, but oh so painful. These days, every time I take Imjin Parkway from Reservation Road to Highway 1, I think about the gas house for some reason. ...